Bhubaneswar: Eminent short story writer Abanti Behera bagged the 12th Madhulita Galpa Award, here on Sunday. 

Odisa’s popular family magazine Madhulita observed its 12th annual function under the chairmanship of well known poet and East Coast Railways public relation officer Nirakar Das, here on Sunday. Former union minister Braja Kishore Tripajty, former finance minister Panchanan Kanungo, Jajpur district collector and poet Ranjan Das, Pinki Mohanty, Sulochana Das, Amiya Patnaik, Pritichanda Dhala, editor of the magazine Madhulita Parida and short story writer Kishu Prusty graced the function.